Oakwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.60 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Oakwood Primary School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Oakwood Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.60 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.00 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.91 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.62 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.32 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.60 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2015.
- It has 26.7 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 20.5.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oakwood Drive, St Albans, AL4 0XA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 317 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are positive about their experiences at this school.”
- “They appreciate that leaders listen to their views.”
- “Pupils influence decisions through the school council and pupil surveys.”
To improve
- “However, pupils would benefit from learning in more depth in some wider curriculum areas and in writing.”
- “However, in a few curriculum areas, there is not enough depth or detail about what pupils need to learn.”
- “Links to previous learning are not always explicit.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 74% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 37 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- Fleetville Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Skyswood Primary & Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fleetville Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Camp Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windermere Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cunningham Hill Infant School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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